英语词汇“to pipe down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. Nautical. To dismiss (a crew) by sounding the boatswain's pipe; frequently in imperative. to pipe down the hammocks: to give the signal for the crew to retire for the night. Cf. pipe down n.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > sound signal on instrument [verb (transitive)] > sound whistle as signal > dismiss by whistle

to pipe down1798

1798 L. Gillespie Advice to Commanders & Officers 22 At four o'clock, P.M. the hammocks should regularly be piped down.

1803 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1941) III. 34 No person is to go below from his station..before the people are piped down.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xi. 145 The hammocks were piped down..and the ship was once more quiet.

1850 H. Melville White-jacket xxxiii. 165 ‘Pipe down!’ cried the Captain, and the crew slowly dispersed.

1902 Our Naval Apprentice (U.S.) Aug. 2 When hammocks are piped down the boys sling their hammocks, arrange their bed-clothes and prepare their sleeping places.

1994 P. O'Brian Commodore (1996) ix. 247 When you consider what the lower deck is like..the cloud of witnesses when hammocks are piped down.

2. intransitive. colloquial. To stop talking, be quiet, be less noisy or insistent. Frequently imperative. Also occasionally transitive: to cause (a person) to be silent.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > be silent [verb]

to pipe down1876

shurrup1893

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > stop speaking

to make up one's mouthc1175

to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175

blina1300

dumba1300

leavea1375

to put a sock in ita1529

hush1548

silence1551

stay1551

stow1567

stop1579

to save one's breath (also wind)1605

tace1697

stubble it!1699

shut your trap!1796

to keep a calm (or quiet) sough1808

stubble your whids!1830

to shut up1840

to dry up1853

pawl1867

subside1872

to pipe down1876

to shut (one's) head, face1876

shurrup1893

to shut off1896

clam1916

dry1934

shtum1958

to oyster up1973

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking

to stop a person's mouthc1175

stilla1225

to keep ina1420

stifle1496

to knit up1530

to muzzle (up) the mouth1531

choke1533

muzzle?1542

to tie a person's tongue1544

tongue-tiea1555

silence1592

untongue1598

to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605

to bite in1608

gaga1616

to swear downa1616

to laugh down1616

stifle1621

to cry down1623

unworda1627

clamour1646

splint1648

to take down1656

snap1677

stick1708

shut1809

to shut up1814

to cough down1823

to scrape down1855

to howl down1872

extinguish1878

hold1901

shout1924

to pipe down1926

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence

to put silence toc1384

to stop (one's own or another's) mouthc1384

to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464

mumc1475

stillc1540

to button up (a person's) lip (also mouth)1601

obacerate1656

bouche1721

to shut up1814

to pipe down1926

to button (a person's) lip (also mouth)1968

1876 G. Campbell Log Lett. from Challenger iii. 119 As I cannot tell you..anything about New Zealand I shall ‘pipe down’.

1896 J. D. J. Kelley Ship's Company (1897) 110 Pipe down; don't mention that rep-tile.

1900 Dial. Notes 2 49 Pipe down, to stop talking.

1926 M. Anderson & L. Stallings What Price Glory? iii, in 3 Amer. Plays 76 He tried to pipe me down.

1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. v. 105 Groans of protest rose from the other cells where various tramps and pick-pockets were trying to get some sleep: ‘Aw, pipe down!’

1974 Times 19 Jan. 12/1 The more immoderate members of his party..may pipe down.

1992 Daily Mirror 3 Oct. 8/4 A noisy karaoke knees-up by pensioners drove neighbours wild. Desperate for quiet they called police who told the old-timers to pipe down.

单词	to pipe down
释义	> as lemmas to pipe down to pipe down 1. transitive. Nautical. To dismiss (a crew) by sounding the boatswain's pipe; frequently in imperative. to pipe down the hammocks: to give the signal for the crew to retire for the night. Cf. pipe down n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > sound signal on instrument [verb (transitive)] > sound whistle as signal > dismiss by whistle to pipe down1798 1798 L. Gillespie Advice to Commanders & Officers 22 At four o'clock, P.M. the hammocks should regularly be piped down. 1803 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1941) III. 34 No person is to go below from his station..before the people are piped down. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xi. 145 The hammocks were piped down..and the ship was once more quiet. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket xxxiii. 165 ‘Pipe down!’ cried the Captain, and the crew slowly dispersed. 1902 Our Naval Apprentice (U.S.) Aug. 2 When hammocks are piped down the boys sling their hammocks, arrange their bed-clothes and prepare their sleeping places. 1994 P. O'Brian Commodore (1996) ix. 247 When you consider what the lower deck is like..the cloud of witnesses when hammocks are piped down. 2. intransitive. colloquial. To stop talking, be quiet, be less noisy or insistent. Frequently imperative. Also occasionally transitive: to cause (a person) to be silent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > be silent [verb] to pipe down1876 shurrup1893 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > stop speaking to make up one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 blina1300 dumba1300 leavea1375 to put a sock in ita1529 hush1548 silence1551 stay1551 stow1567 stop1579 to save one's breath (also wind)1605 tace1697 stubble it!1699 shut your trap!1796 to keep a calm (or quiet) sough1808 stubble your whids!1830 to shut up1840 to dry up1853 pawl1867 subside1872 to pipe down1876 to shut (one's) head, face1876 shurrup1893 to shut off1896 clam1916 dry1934 shtum1958 to oyster up1973 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking to stop a person's mouthc1175 stilla1225 to keep ina1420 stifle1496 to knit up1530 to muzzle (up) the mouth1531 choke1533 muzzle?1542 to tie a person's tongue1544 tongue-tiea1555 silence1592 untongue1598 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 to bite in1608 gaga1616 to swear downa1616 to laugh down1616 stifle1621 to cry down1623 unworda1627 clamour1646 splint1648 to take down1656 snap1677 stick1708 shut1809 to shut up1814 to cough down1823 to scrape down1855 to howl down1872 extinguish1878 hold1901 shout1924 to pipe down1926 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence to put silence toc1384 to stop (one's own or another's) mouthc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 mumc1475 stillc1540 to button up (a person's) lip (also mouth)1601 obacerate1656 bouche1721 to shut up1814 to pipe down1926 to button (a person's) lip (also mouth)1968 1876 G. Campbell Log Lett. from Challenger iii. 119 As I cannot tell you..anything about New Zealand I shall ‘pipe down’. 1896 J. D. J. Kelley Ship's Company (1897) 110 Pipe down; don't mention that rep-tile. 1900 Dial. Notes 2 49 Pipe down, to stop talking. 1926 M. Anderson & L. Stallings What Price Glory? iii, in 3 Amer. Plays 76 He tried to pipe me down. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. v. 105 Groans of protest rose from the other cells where various tramps and pick-pockets were trying to get some sleep: ‘Aw, pipe down!’ 1974 Times 19 Jan. 12/1 The more immoderate members of his party..may pipe down. 1992 Daily Mirror 3 Oct. 8/4 A noisy karaoke knees-up by pensioners drove neighbours wild. Desperate for quiet they called police who told the old-timers to pipe down. extracted from pipev.¹ < as lemmas
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